Schistosoma japonicum: Modern tools for an ancient disease

Lancet

Volumn 363, Issue 9404, 2004, Pages 180-181

  Cioli, Donato ^a   Liberti, Piero ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

BIOINFORMATICS; DNA SEQUENCE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RANDOMIZATION; RNA EXTRACTION; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EID: 1642493769     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)15366-4     Document Type: Note

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